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bellejolie reacted to a post in a topic: word count for carms essays
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word count for carms essays
W0lfgang replied to bellejolie's topic in Medical Student General Discussions
I got printed stacks of personal letters. No way I'm counting that. One of my colleagues, however, somehow did word counts, and brought one overcount to our program director. He basically said if you're a little over, it's okay. I still recommend that you adhere to the limit. If you got this far in life, you can wordsmith your way out of 50 words. -
Judging from recent job ads, breast, neuro, and IR have been in demand recently. But my advice is to do what interests you. We are under ever-increasing scrutiny and pressure to deliver. You need to be good. Jobs are bound to open up in your specialty, especially in Toronto and Vancouver. Be the best candidate on the market when that happens (and also be a nice person) and good things will happen. You get there by working in something you enjoy, not to mention you're in it for 20+ years! I met a seasoned radiologist who chose a specialty for a specific job, which he got. The problem is he
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Not Backing Up Am I Making the Wrong Choice?
W0lfgang replied to RicardoKaká's topic in CaRMS and CaRMS applications
I backed up with FM and went to a few interviews. In the end, I decided I'd rather go unmatched than do FM, and didn't rank any FM programs. I generally don't like the idea of backing up. You spread yourself thinner than your competition. -
Is being keen a bad thing?
W0lfgang replied to mew's topic in Clerkship Rotations and Electives (Med 3 and 4)
It's a fine balance. Check yourself every now and then. The fact that you're questioning this about yourself means you probably have enough self-awareness to display an optimal degree of keenness. -
IMG medical schools: Ireland vs Israel
W0lfgang replied to jerrypremed_45's topic in Medical Student General Discussions
With postgraduate training from a Commonwealth country, like Ireland, you are eligible to challenge the Canadian royal college exams. This means if you go unmatched in Canada, you can always stay do residency in Ireland, hopefully in your desired specialty, and challenge the Canadian exam as a specialist. I don't know if Israeli undergraduate training allows you the same eligibility. -
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No need for professional photos. Our committee just needs them to remember who you are. We put print out the pictures of all the interviewees and put them on the whiteboard, discuss, and rearrange, to come up with the rank order list. We do a lot of "put that one in front of that one!" A nice head shot with professional attire and nice smile in a plain background is fine. Make sure it's in colour and not black and white. One candidate sent us black and white and we were all wtf?
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Do people buy houses with their LOC?
W0lfgang replied to turboturn's topic in Medical Student General Discussions
I bought a house at the beginning of residency with my LOC for the 20% downpayment. Outside GTA. Price still doubled by fellowship. Go for it. -
Examples of being weird: - wearing a bright green suit for your carms interview - eating a packet of butter for lunch in rounds - drinking tim horton's coffee thru a stir stick - asking me about my hobbies when i'm in the middle of a case I could go on.
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If a preceptor asks you to leave early...?
W0lfgang replied to medicine200000's topic in Medical Student General Discussions
Depends on the clerk. I've sent some home to save them from scut work with zero educational value but I've also sent some home for being of zero value lol. -
So bad grades first two years and good grades in third year so far? It's similar to how my undergrad started.
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I did carms selection as senior resident for a couple of years. I did vote down some applications that had negative items. One said "Not very interested in this [core] specialty" with no elaboration. One failed a rotation for unknown reason, probably because of an exam. And another one failed a rotation due to professionalism (was caught smoking in the hospital). They didn't get interviews but the rest of their applications were also just mediocre. I'd appeal yours.